MTN prepaid price plan comparison

Prepaid customers on MTN’s network have six Pay-As-You-Go price plans from which to choose, with each offering different benefits and rates.

MyBroadband compared MTN’s prepaid price plans to determine which are best for data-centric and voice-centric customers.

Bonus Bonanza is the default prepaid tariff plan, with the mobile operator automatically putting new prepaid SIM customers on this option.

It, together with the Super Data plan, offers the lowest data rate of the mobile operator’s six plans, at R0.25 per megabyte. Voice calls and SMSs on the Bonus Bonanza plan are charged at R1.50 per minute and R0.25 per SMS.

The low data rate offered with the Bonus Bonanza and Super Data plans will likely make these the most attractive plans to data-centric customers.

The Super Data plan’s rates for voice minutes and SMSs are R1.99 per minute and R0.50 per message.

Bonus Bonanza also provides bonus airtime equal to the customer’s recharge amount, provided they spend at least R5 on airtime. Bonus airtime is valid for 24 hours.

However, the bonus airtime carries higher voice, data, and SMS rates at R2.50 per minute, R1.00 per megabyte, and R0.50 per SMS.

MTN also offers a Bundle Bonanza plan, which carries voice, data, and SMS rates of R1.20 per minute, R0.49 per megabyte, and R0.50 per SMS.

It offers bonus social data and night minutes for recharges of R10 and above.

MTN says its Pay Per Second plan is ideal for those who want control of their spending with a fixed rate. Calls are charged at R0.99 per minute.

The plan’s data rate is R0.29 per megabyte, while SMSes are charged at R0.50 per message. MTN’s prepaid price plan rates are compared in the table below.

Customers on MTN’s Bozza Gigs plan will pay R1.99 per minute, R0.49 per megabyte, and R0.50 per SMS.

Like Vodacom, the yellow operator also sells a plan exclusive to those 25 and younger — MTN Pulse. It offers varying voice rates depending on the scenario:

• Pulse customers to Pulse customers — R0.99 for the first 60 seconds, then R0.29 per minute
• Pulse customers to MTN customers — R0.99 per minute

“Customers must reach a total of 60 seconds (over one Pulse to Pulse call or numerous Pulse to Pulse calls), for the day, in order to receive the Pulse to Pulse subsequent call rate,” says MTN.

It also offers an exclusive Pulse-to-Pulse SMS rate of R0.25 per SMS, while SMSes to other networks and MTN customers on other plans are charged at R0.50 per message.

Regarding data, customers are charged a flat rate of R0.99 per megabyte.

In addition to its regular prepaid tariff plans, MTN is in a major drive to offer subscribers attractive month-to-month deals, promising the benefits of a contract, without the commitments.

This includes its Bozzagigs, which offers larger allocations of anytime and off-peak data, and Combo Deals, which offer voice minutes and data.

These are also available as once-off prepaid bundles from the MTN website.

Another tariff plan only available month-to-month is MTN’s newly launched SuperFlex package, which offers unlimited voice minutes and SMS messages with a large data allocation — starting at R299 for 10GB.

However, SuperFlex is only available to new lines. You cannot use your existing number — a significant limitation.

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